All over town, BP gas station signs are being vandalized with brown paint – even atop 30-foot poles. “It appears they put it inside water balloons and throw them at
As Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues playing the world’s champion of human rights, four professors from Bar Ilan and Georgetown Universities have sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu seeking official Israeli recognition of the Armenian genocide and an official call to Turkey to bring an end to its occupation of Cyprus. […]
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been released from federal prison six months before he was scheduled to be set free. According to CNN, Abramoff was transported from the Federal Correctional
The following information represents a national survey of 1,000 likely voters conducted June 3-4, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. 1* How closely have you followed recent news reports about an incident involving ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip? 39% Very closely 31% Somewhat closely 22% Not very closely 6% Not at all 2% […]
New Jersey – Two members of the state Assembly have sponsored legislation to allow commercial advertising and sponsorship on the state’s toll plazas, including the Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and Atlantic City Expressway. They say sponsors would line up to place commercial advertising and signs at plazas on some of the nation’s busiest toll roads, […]
Taliban fighters are burying dirty needles with their bombs in a bid to infect British troops with HIV, The Sun UK reports. Hypodermic syringes are hidden below the surface pointing
The man behind last year’s crisis and shakeup in Albany politics was threatening yet another New York State government shutdown. State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada said he would rather
The United Nations Security Council will be convening today, Wednesday, to vote on another round of sanctions against Iran, sanctions that US Secretary of State Clinton calls the “toughest ever”. While US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates signaled he remains confident that the stiff sanctions will pass, Clinton, who was speaking to reporters from Ecuador, […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Mrs. Malka Rosenbaum A”H (62), the wife of Rav Kalmen Rosenbaum, who is the long time Menahel of Torah Day School of Atlanta – after an illness. Amongst her many Mitzvos and Chesed which she was known for, was that she raised the level of “Taharas Hamishpacha” […]
Federal Bureau of Investigation officials in New York are increasingly employing tools and techniques used to hunt terrorists to take aim at a different kind of criminal: white-collar con artists
The Brooklyn district attorney’s office announced Tuesday it would not retry a man wrongfully convicted of murdering a rabbi 15 years ago – canceling a hearing into allegations of misconduct
Estimates of the turnout for the Monday night levaya of Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu ZT”L begin at 100,000, climbing to “hundreds of thousands”. What was evident to all, those who attended and the many who were unable to reach the area of the rav’s beis medrash in Kiryat Moshe area of the capital is […]
9:25PM EST: Lakewood, NJ -In a hotly contested race, followed closely by just about every resident of Lakewood, powerhouse incumbent and NJ State Sen. Robert (Bob) Singer, has defeated Hershel
In mid-February 2008, fresh from winning a bunch of Super Tuesday primaries, Barack Obama granted an interview to “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Croft. “When you sit down and you look
On Sunday June 6th, the halls and outdoor courtyards of the B’nos Bracha Girls Division of Yeshiva K’tana, were filled with exuberant adults and children of all ages, eagerly gathered for The 3rd Annual Community Wide Health and Safety Fair, co-hosted by the Bikur Cholim of Passaic-Clifton and Hatzolah of Passaic/Clifton EMS. Once again, the […]
The Glenmorangie Company and Moet Hennessy USA announced today that Glenmorangie Original, Scotland’s favorite single malt, has become kosher certified by the Orthodox Union (OU), the world’s largest and most respected kosher certification agency. Additionally, its pioneering new expression, Glenmorangie Astar, has also become kosher-certified. The company is one of the most renowned and innovative […]
General Motors is recalling 1.4 million vehicles in the U.S. to fix a problem in which fires can be caused by a heated windshield washer fluid system. GM recalled 944,000
Hertzliya, Israel - Throughout Israel there has been a spate of emergency incidents that occurred in rugged terrain. These include the bus that spun off the road at the Beit Haaravah junction on the way to the Dead Sea, the crash of an ultralight experimental aircraft in the fields near Yavneh and the search and eventual […]
Air travelers seem to be constantly complaining about fees, the lack of service and cramped seats on flights, but surprisingly their level of satisfaction with airlines is on the rise,
This new hechsher, which is up-and-running today, is the result of months and months of planning, the result of joint efforts by many of the Chassidic Courts in Israel. The
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